Michael Wittmann (1914 - 1944), a signed letter of condolence to the father of a soldier killed in action Wittmann writes to the father of Rudolf Janssen that his son has been killed by a direct bomb hit on 8 June 1944 in the wood of Versailles, dying "a heroic death fighting for the freedom of our nation" and that "we will continue to fight for him [...] Heil Hitler! Yours Michael Wittmann, Obersturmführer SS and company commander", dated "In the west, 22 June 1944". Folded and spotted. With it a press photograph from the "Weltbild" of 17 June 1944, Wittmann w,
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